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The headwaters rise on a plain between the
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The river’s catchment area is 10,033 square kilometres (3,874 sq mi), wedged between the watersheds for the
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feed the river including; Bloodwood Creek, Tobacco Creek, Goanna Creek, Pungalina Creek and the Little
Calvert River.
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A total of 34 species of fish are found in the river including; the
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657:"Place Names Register Extract - Calvert River"
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18:River in Northern Territory, Australia
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442:List of rivers of Northern Territory
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585:. Fish Atlas of North Australia
315:Australian Wildlife Conservancy
301:, not far from the border with
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49:Location of the Calvert River
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665:Northern Territory Government
551:"Calvert River Basin summary"
319:Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary
100:Physical characteristics
209: • elevation
130: • elevation
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118: • location
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462:"Map of Calvert River, NT"
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583:"Calvert River catchment"
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390:The river was named by
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192:16.29833°S 137.73250°E
609:Queensland Government
365:Seven-spot Archerfish
291:Calvert Hills Station
751:Hyland Bay and Moyle
515:"Drainage Divisions"
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197:-16.29833; 137.73250
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295:Gulf of Carpentaria
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714:Northern Territory
432:Environment portal
381:traditional owners
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837:Fitzmaurice
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716:, Australia
326:tributaries
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183:137°43′57″E
1022:Categories
957:Settlement
792:Buckingham
448:References
361:Barramundi
303:Queensland
299:Borroloola
226:Basin size
180:16°17′54″S
927:Nicholson
902:Liverpool
892:Koolatong
877:Katherine
852:Goomadeer
817:Elizabeth
782:Blackmore
772:Alligator
387:peoples.
332:Catchment
324:Fourteen
307:bioregion
275:Australia
238:Discharge
163:Australia
123:Australia
89:Territory
82:Australia
65:Etymology
1006:Category
972:Victoria
952:Sandover
937:Robinson
932:Playford
907:McArthur
857:Goromuru
847:Georgina
767:Adelaide
631:"Garawa"
402:See also
289:such as
73:Location
987:Wildman
982:Wickham
872:Hodgson
867:Gregory
822:Finniss
802:Charles
797:Calvert
375:History
78:Country
53:in the
24:Calvert
977:Walker
862:Goyder
777:Arnold
760:Rivers
670:19 May
641:19 May
615:23 May
589:23 May
499:12 May
471:19 May
396:Darwin
385:Garawa
281:Course
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218:Length
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109:Source
967:Towns
947:Rosie
942:Roper
922:Negri
917:Moyle
827:Finke
787:Blyth
567:2 May
561:(PDF)
554:(PDF)
535:2 May
529:(PDF)
518:(PDF)
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144:Mouth
51:mouth
962:Todd
912:Mary
887:King
882:Keep
842:Frew
832:Fish
807:Daly
672:2015
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